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Sewing, Repairing and Reducing Waste

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My feet are right at the top of most size ranges, which means I am constantly wearing holes in the toes. I have taken to darning the hole - or often sewing over the thinning patch to reinforce it before a hole wears through.

Whenever I see instructions for how to darn they use straight stiches like shown in this article, but I don't feel that having a solid patch in a stretchy fabric works well, so use a netting style stitch instead so it has more give. (when I get some time I might do some pics/a tutorial to show you).

Does anyone else darn their socks (or any other knitwear) and if so what type of stitch do you use?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looking forward to learning this! Very neat stuff

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have put together a video showing how I do my darning, the post is here if you are interested.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks so much! It's a great tutorial :D